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Workload Automation

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Ability to remove specific agent type when installation was done with '-agent both' option

We currently have both FTA and DA installed on Windows/RHEL servers but we are transitioning the workload to only use DA. We would like to remove physically FTA from the environment but we are unable to do so when the '-agent both' parameter was u...
6 days ago in Workload Automation 2 Not under consideration

Add ability to specify any MDM (in multiple MDM environment) as a tdwbhostname value - not only the current active broker

In multiple MDM environment (for example 1 primary MDM and 2 backup MDMs), during dynamic agent installation process we are expected to pass the active broker details as a tdwbhostname value. This complicates the installations and automation as th...
7 days ago in Workload Automation 2 Not under consideration

Job/schedule report in table format rather than just dump filr in IWS format

if any team wants their scheduls/job details in table format like ABC job runs at this job,with this depedancy(list of all depedanies),part of this jobstream etc etc so this will be easily reable/understanble for normal user than checking and unde...
about 2 months ago in Workload Automation 1 Not under consideration

increasing workstation or dyanmic pool name name lenth to as much as max size

Current mac charchater size is 16 character , but with dynamic pool , 16 characters are not enough for name as many client have Many dyancmi pool so setting diffewrnt name by following stabndad as well is very difficult so I would suggest to chang...
about 2 months ago in Workload Automation 1 Not under consideration

Custom metadata for definition objects

We would like the ability to add custom key/value metadata to all object types in the database. We utilize a lot of custom scripts to monitor and maintain our IWS system. This is useful in scripting scenarios where you need to make different decis...
about 2 months ago in Workload Automation 1 Not under consideration

Ability to customize messages displayed in the DWC

We would like the ability to customize the text of messages used in the DWC. Specifically, the message that says, "User is not included in any role, please ask your administrator to include user to roles." We would like to direct users to an inter...
2 months ago in Workload Automation 1 Not under consideration

Proper Version Control of Scheduling Objects

Currently, the version control of scheduling objects is directly tied to the audit logs. This means that if you modify an object older than the value set in the global option auditHistory (default is 400 days), you lose the ability to see what was...
5 months ago in Workload Automation 1 Not under consideration

Workload Automation: Add support for Amazon RDS for Db2

Please consider adding support for Amazon RDS for Db2. Some IBM Customers plan moving to AWS. If they are using Db2 in their on-premises system, they would like to continue using Db2 even after migrating to AWS. This also applies to IWS DB if they...
5 months ago in Workload Automation 1 Not under consideration

Adding ticket IWA_DESCRIPTION, IWA_CATEGORY and IWA_TICKET parameters in the IWA dashboard

Adding ticket IWA_DESCRIPTION, IWA_CATEGORY and IWA_TICKET parameters in the IWA dashboard as we have status, workstation, priority columns. This will help the DWC users to associate the ticket number, action and category details against an action...
5 months ago in Workload Automation 1 Not under consideration

Job Stream name Limit to 16 letters by default - Need to Increase it

Job Stream name Limit to 16 letters by default - Need to Increase it Need help where & how to increase
5 months ago in Workload Automation 1 Not under consideration